“He soars, swoops and divebombs his bandmates… two of whom quit shortly after”: 10 of Chris Squire’s mightiest musical moments
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The story of Iron Maiden - the Paul Di'Anno years
As the 1980s dawned, Iron Maiden were about to record their debut album. It was the start of a journey that would launch them into the stratosphere, but there were some massive hurdles to overcome first
How Simple Minds made the album that sent them soaring
As the 80s dawned, Simple Minds were in crisis. But, believing that life was without limits, they recorded the album New Gold Dream and the dream became reality
They might sound worlds apart, but The Smiths wouldn't have existed without The Stooges
In 1976, Manchester schoolboy Johnny Marr purchased a punk rock album that would change his life forever
The self-proclaimed heroic kings and defenders of True Metal: The Manowar albums you should definitely listen to
Heavy metal doesn’t come more gloriously over-the-top than Manowar – and here we round up their best albums
Tommy Henriksen's track-by-track guide to Crossbone Skully's Evil World Machine
Evil World Machine is the debut album by Crossbone Skully, formed by Alice Cooper and Hollywood Vampires guitarist Tommy Henriksen
Yes guitarist Steve Howe names the best record he's ever made
Yes guitarist Steve Howe picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance
How Powerslave shaped modern metal
Forget Number Of The Beast - these bands say Powerslave is Iron Maiden's greatest achievement
Tuk Smith wants to return us to a world shaped by weirdos and mavericks, not algorithms
Recording almost everything on his latest album himself and putting it out on his own label, Tuk Smith followed the adage that if you want something doing properly, do it yourself
Nikki Sixx on making new music, replacing Mick Mars and work-life balance
We catch up with Mötley Crüe legend Nikki Sixx
Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson looks back on his six solo albums
Between 1983 and 2014 he released a series of records that took him beyond the confines of Jethro Tull – for a variety of reasons and with a variety of results
How Rick Rubin convinced Johnny Cash to record his iconic cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt, and why Trent Reznor originally considered Cash's interpretation 'invasive"
Johnny Cash took some persuading before agreeing to Rick Rubin's idea that he should cover a Nine Inch Nails classic
How The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway forced Peter Gabriel and Genesis apart
1974’s ambitious double-album took a heavy toll on the people who worked on it – then its lukewarm reception and bewildering stage show made things even more tense
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Including Blackberry Smoke, Orianthi, Bruce Springsteen and five other not-so-secret members of the Musical Illuminati
The laziest bands in the history of rock: 10 follow-up albums that took decades to appear
Think waiting 53 years for a new MC5 album is a chore? They're merely the latest in a long line of slow-working, deadline-averse dawdlers
"Peyote didn’t make me puke, but some of the other guys puked for all of us": The Eagles on Indian tribal rituals, playing with Guns N' Roses and the lyric police
In early 2001 the Eagles were about to start work on their comeback album, Long Road Out Of Eden – so we tracked them down
Evan Dando revisits the "hellish performance" that persuaded him to quit drugs and get clean
How one disastrous show in a cemetery made Evan Dando realise it was time to kick his drug habit
“Everything has to come to an end”: The triumphant story of Black Sabbath’s last ever tour
In 2016, Black Sabbath’s The End tour reached Australia – and after a tumultuous career, the were finally ready to take their final bow
How this 2014 Bowie single set up his final masterpiece
Bowie’s jazz experiment was released ten years ago this month. Here, his collaborators remember how it came together
